Comparative study of root canals instrumented manually and mechanically, with and without Er:YAG laser

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 465-469

  Biedma, Benjamín Martín ^a   Patiño, Purificación Varela ^a   Park, Saem Ahn ^a   Castro, Natalia Barciela ^a   Muñoz, Fernando Magán ^b   González Bahillo, José Domingo ^a   Cantatore, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL LASERS; ERBIUM ALLOYS; LASER THEORY; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ENDODONTIC TREATMENT; ER:YAG LASER; ROOT CANAL WALLS; TEETH;

DENTAL PROSTHESES;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENAMEL; ENDODONTICS; ERBIUM YAG LASER; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

DENTAL PULP CAVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; ERBIUM; HUMANS; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH; YTTRIUM;

EID: 27744509782     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2005.23.465     Document Type: Article

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